Any fans of Oyez.com here? (awesome Supreme Court website)

[UrbScotty]

It's a website all about the Supreme Court. It has info on current cases, justices, and SCOTUS history.

The justices (in order of seniority) are:

William Rehnquist, 79
John Paul Stevens, 84
Sandra Day O'Connor, 74
Antonin Scalia, 68
Anthony Kennedy, 67
David Souter, 64
Clarence Thomas, 56
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 71
Steven Breyer, 65

I'm thinking Rehnquist and/or O'Connor will retire in a few weeks, so that Bush may appoint replacements that will make him look favorable for the election, i.e. Thomas for Chief Justice. Or a former Governor of the battleground state of Missouri, whose name I refuse to mention. :scared:

But, of course, I don't think that would save Bush. If Kerry does win, I can bet for sure that Stevens will step down a year from now so Kerry will be able to appoint a new justice right away. Heck, maybe Ginsburg will step down, but I think she would wait until later in Kerry's term.

Who could replace them? Well, some people would like Clinton, Gore, Reno, or Spitzer, all fine choices. Or how about Damon Keith? Michiganders may know that Granholm was Keith's clerk for a few years.

Your thoughts?

[sallyseven]

1. bush should not appoint anyone

the new sup. court term will not start until oct. He should not be able to appoint anyone because it will be a terrible one.

[merh]

2. Talk is Bush will appoint a Latino, so that he can gain

Latino support come election time since it will be the appointment of the first Latino to the Supremes. Also, if he appoints someone who is extremely controversial, it will tie up the judiciary committee and will interfere with their investigations of his admin. There was a post on this last week that referenced his possible choices.